[PPT] - This Weeks Sermon Shall we accept good and not trouble? JB 2:1-10 PowerPoint Presentation

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SLIDE 2 This Weeks Sermon “Shall we accept good and not trouble?” JÕB 2:1-10

SLIDE 3 This Weeks Sermon “My servant JÕB” JÕB 1

SLIDE 4 Where we are going in this series

1. Job 1 – My servant Job
2. Job 2:1-10 – Shall we accept good and

not trouble?

3. Job 2:11-3:26 – the poetry of pain
4. Job 4-37 – Misunderstandings of

Suffering

5. Job 4-37 – How to develop a demanding

spirit

6. Job 38-42 – The answer given to Job

SLIDE 5 Where we are going in this series

1. Who is Satan?
1. What’s up with evil?
2. How do I help those who are suffering

SLIDE 6 What is this book all about? Does Job worship God out of genuine love

r because of God’s blessing?

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IV. The Heavenly Court Room II

SLIDE 8 Job 2:1-10 On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before

him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” 3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

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II. The Heavenly Court Room

SLIDE 10 Job 1 6 One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” 8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

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IV. The Heavenly Court Room…And…

SLIDE 12 Job 2:1-10 On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before

him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” 3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

SLIDE 13 Job 2:1-10 4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his

wn life. 5 But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and

bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.” 6 The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”

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V. Job’s physical suffering

SLIDE 15 Job 2:1-10 7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his

head. 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped

himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

SLIDE 16 Painful Itching 2:8 Disfiguration 2:12 Sores that scab over, crack, and ooze 7:5 Sores infected with worms 7:5 Fever with chills 21:6; 30:30 Shriveling of the skin 30:30 Eyes swollen from weeping 16:16 Diarrhea 30:27 Sleeplessness and delirium 7:4, 13-14 Choking 7:15 Bad breath 19:17 Emaciation 19:20 Excruciating pain throughout his body 30:17

SLIDE 17 Job 2:1-10 7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his

head. 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped

himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

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V. Job’s greatest suffering

SLIDE 19 Job 2:1-10 9 His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”

SLIDE 20 Job 2:1-10 On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before

him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” 3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

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That day Was like a hundred years. At dusk His wife returned. And she was brusque And cool. “Do you still cling to God?” She asked. And saw his wordless nod. “I think you are a fool. How much From him will you endure ‘til such A love as this from God, the Great, Is seen to be a form of hate? Here’s my advice for you to try: Curse God, tonight, and die. And I Will follow soon – a widow robbed Of everything.” And Dinah sobbed. ~John Piper

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And tears ran down Job’s horrid face. He pulled himself up from his place, And by some power of grace, he stood Beside his wife and said, I would, No doubt, in your place feel the same. But, wife, I cannot curse the name That never treated me unfair, And just this day has answered prayer” What prayer? What did you bid him do? That I should bear this pain not you. ~John Piper

SLIDE 23 Job 2:1-10 10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

SLIDE 24 Job 2:1-10 10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

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“Dinah, do not speak like those Who cannot see, because they close Their eyes, and say there is no God, Or fault him when he plies the rod. It is no sin to say, my love, That bliss and pain come from above. And if we do not understand Some dreadful stroke from his left hand, Then we must wait and trust and see. O Dinah, would you wait with me?” ~John Piper

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“I’ll try,” She said, “I didn’t mean That you should die. I’m more unclean Than you with all yours sores. Is there Some evidence that God could care For such as me?” Job touched her hair: “You are another answered prayer.” ~John Piper

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VI. Shall we accept good and not trouble?

SLIDE 28 Mark 6:45-51 45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go

n ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. 47 Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. 48 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went

ut to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,

49 but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, 50 because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 51 Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down.

SLIDE 29 Mark 6:45-51 45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go

n ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. 47 Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. 48 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went

ut to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,

49 but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, 50 because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 51 Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down.

SLIDE 30 Matthew 26:39 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from

me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

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One little flame when all is night, Proves there is such a thing as light. One answered prayer when all is gone, Will give you hope to wait for dawn. ~John Piper

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We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities, and everyone who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite foods as if they did not know what they were eating, will admit that we can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in

ur consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to

rouse a deaf world. C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain.

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Gospel Application

Do you worship because you love God, or because of his blessing?

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Gospel Application

Do you worship because you love God, or because of his blessing? In your times of suffering do you only pray for relief,

r do you look for the reason you are in the midst of

suffering?